As you’ve likely read by now, Thatcher Demko is ready to return to the Vancouver Canucks‘ goal crease. The Canucks’ All-Star starting netminder, who last played on November 11th against the Winnipeg Jets, declared himself ready to go for the team’s Thursday night home matchup with the Buffalo Sabres.
The morning after a disappointing 4-0 loss to Detroit, the Vancouver Canucks were back on the ice at Rogers Arena. At least some of them were. The club had initially scheduled a full practice, but ended up giving most of the veterans the morning off from taking to the ice with a full group session scheduled for Wednesday.
The Vancouver Canucks are getting some good news on the injury front. Goaltender Thatcher Demko is expected to start against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday after missing the Canucks’ last 12 games with a lower-body injury.
The Vancouver Canucks’ 2025-26 season has been an unmitigated disaster, with the team going 11-16-3 through their first 30 games, including a 4-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings Monday night.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
Some nights, the scoreboard tells the story before the puck does. The Vancouver Canucks outshot the Detroit Red Wings early, carried the play, created chances, and yet walked off Rogers Arena with nothing to show for it.
The Vancouver Canucks lost again on Monday night and are last in the NHL in points percentage, so how much longer will Quinn Hughes be able to handle it?
The conversation regarding one of the best young stars in the game and Hockeytown continues to brew. While the Vancouver Canucks have yet to make any real public indication that they’re willing to trade captain Quinn Hughes, there have been reports of teams interested in the Orlando, Fla.
Even though they were shutout at home on Monday night, goaltending was certainly a hot topic of conversation after the Vancouver Canucks‘ 4-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.
It is hard to watch this team sometimes. The Vancouver Canucks got shut out at home, losing 4-0 to the Detroit Red Wings. There weren’t many redeeming qualities to this game, from content to scoreline.
Quinn Hughes has made the 31st place Vancouver Canucks the talk of the NHL once again, but not in a good way this time. The 26-year-old superstar defenseman is in headlines as serious trade talks surround him for the first time in his career.
The Vancouver Canucks are activating winger Nils Höglander from long-term injured reserve before Monday's game against the Red Wings, head coach Adam Foote told reporters (including Randip Janda of Sportsnet 650).
A reigning champion has hit the wire. On Monday, the Vancouver Canucks placed defenseman Jett Woo on waivers, making him available to the other 31 teams in the NHL.
Some nights, you can almost hear the Vancouver Canucks‘ gears grinding. Too many moving parts, not enough Elias Pettersson, and suddenly everyone’s looking around, wondering who’s supposed to drive the bus.
Following what head coach Adam Foote called a "gritty" win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, the Vancouver Canucks will try to win back-to-back home games for the first time this season when they host the Detroit Red Wings on Monday.
There’s no doubt the Vancouver Canucks carried the play in their latest game. From the opening faceoff, they were on the front foot again — fast, organized, and generating the kind of early looks that usually tilt a game.